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As WP's senior editor, I edit review and preview articles, attempt to keep up with the frantic pace of Rainier's news posts, and keep our reviewers on deadline, which is akin to herding cats. When I have a moment to myself and don't have my nose in a book, I like to play action/RPG, adventure and platforming games.

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'Half-Life 2' Gets Steamy Update #6

In Half-Life 2 the player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people people he cares about are counting on him.

Steam

Pressing the cancel button while Steam is loading will bring up the offline dialog
Fixed 100% CPU use on startup
Fixed use of quoted parameters in "-applaunch" command lines

Source Engine

Fixed exception info spam in debugger output window for SDK users

Half-Life Dedicated Server

Enabled support for new query protocol (fixes HLTV server not appearing in the server browser)